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4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge."
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4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: "So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge."
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5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
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5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
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6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
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6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
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7 Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?"
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7 Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?"
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8 Why not say--as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say--"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved.
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8 Why not say--as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say--"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved.
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9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better ? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.
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9 What shall we conclude then? Are we any better ? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.
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10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
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10 As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
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11 there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
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11 there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
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12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."
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12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."
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13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The poison of vipers is on their lips."
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13 "Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit." "The poison of vipers is on their lips."
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14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
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14 "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
